Clare County Council grants permission for 74-home scheme at Tobarteascáin Clonroad More, Ennis, Co. Clare

In context

It is one of 24 housing scheme applications Clare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 6 February 2026. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Clare County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

for a development comprising 74 no. residential units, (3 no. detached houses, 36 no. semi-detached houses, 23 no. terrace houses, 12 no. duplex units), ancillary surface car parking, vehicular & pedestrian access to the proposed development from the Tobarteascáin Road, pedestrian access into both Abbey Ville estate and Abbey Court estate to the south, connection to existing public water supply; foul water drainage services including the provision of surface water attenuation and all associated site development works including the raising of land, and landscape works. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)